Griffin Wong has been a content writer at DK Network since November 2024. Prior to that, he was the former sports editor for the Harvard Crimson, where he covered the football team for two years and earned four Story of the Year nominations from the Associated College Press. A lifelong Lakers and Dodgers fan, Griffin’s favorite athlete of all time is Kobe Bryant. When he’s not writing, Griffin is usually skiing, running, golfing, or playing basketball — badly.
There are ways to win pretty in the NBA, and there are ways to win ugly. In the playoffs, knowing how to win in both ways is extremely important, and in their first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors have done both. In Game 3, the Raptors shot 60.9% from three-point range […]
May 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t panicking…yet. No team in NBA history has ever blown a 3-0 lead in a playoff series, and while the Lakers have lost each of the last two games to the Houston Rockets to bring the series back to 3-2, they aren’t quite yet on the brink of unwanted history. However, […]
May 1, 2026
The first full month of the baseball season is officially over, so it provides a good opportunity to pit 2026 teams against where they were at the same point in 2025. At this juncture last season, the Los Angeles Dodgers — who ultimately went on to win the World Series for the second straight season […]
May 1, 2026
The Minnesota Timberwolves did the hard part, building a 3-1 lead over the Denver Nuggets with a chance to advance to the second round, where the San Antonio Spurs await. But the easy part — winning that fourth game — still eludes Minnesota, and the task won’t come without its challenges, as the Timberwolves will […]
April 30, 2026
Given that the Seattle Mariners came within a few outs of the World Series in 2025, the Texas Rangers won it in 2023, Houston Astros won it in 2022, and the Los Angeles Angels have a Cy Young Award candidate in José Soriano, the current AL West leader might come as a surprise. At 16-14, […]
April 30, 2026
All season long, the prevailing narrative has been that the Western Conference is significantly stronger than the East. That might only be true at the tops of the conferences, though; while the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs have clearly been the two best-performing teams these playoffs, every East series has reached a […]
April 30, 2026
In the NBA playoffs, a full season’s work can all come undone in a hurry. What happened over 82 games no longer matters; only seven games decide advancement. Because of the format, upsets aren’t quite as common in the NBA as they are in the NFL (single-elimination) or the MLB (three-game first-round series), but Cinderella […]
April 29, 2026
UPDATE: Franz Wagner (calf) has been ruled out tonight vs. the Pistons. The Orlando Magic are on the verge of history, as they’ve taken a 3-1 lead over the East’s No. 1-seeded Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs, seeking to become only the eighth No. 8 seed in NBA history to knock […]
April 29, 2026
Though the MLB regular season is only just over a month old, there have already been some major shakeups. Most notably, two managers — each of whom had made a World Series during his tenure — have already been let go. One of those managers was Boston Red Sox boss Alex Cora, who was fired […]
April 29, 2026
Griffin Wong gives his best anytime goalscorer bet on DraftKings Sportsbook for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League match between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal.
April 29, 2026
Cubs SS Dansby Swanson exited Tuesday's game vs. the Padres with an injury. Will bets on his lines be refunded?
April 28, 2026